Afternoon News: Friday March 10th 2023

Posey County Radio News and Sports

News: 

The Posey County Auditor’s Office posted on Facebook that they are accepting resumes for the position of part-time deputy Auditor. This position will work Monday through Friday approximately 30 hours a week. Duties will include basic clerical work, including greeting customers, answering phones, and assisting other deputies. They are looking for a candidate that is detail orientated and can work well with others. Please submit all resumes via mail or in person to The Posey County Auditor’s Office by next Friday March 17^th. The office is located at 126 E Third Street Room 220 in Mt. Vernon.

A new program was just announced by the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation with the goal of giving future teachers a head start on their college education. It’s called the Academy of Future Educators. Starting next year, 25 juniors and seniors will take part in the program. Students will study elementary education with a professor from the University of Southern Indiana. They will also get to work as a teacher aide in EVSC classrooms. Upon graduation, these students will earn 18 hours of college credit for free. Next week, leaders will begin visiting all the high schools in the EVSC to tell rising juniors about this program. It’s estimated to save students more than $13,000 in tuition. Students will have to apply. Requirements for students include having a minimum 2.75 GPA, two recommendation letters from teachers, as well as write an essay. The deadline to apply is April 13^th.

Evansville utility officials have put a pause on work at a downtown intersection after human remains were unearthed during the project. Officials with Evansville Water and Sewer Utility confirm this happened near the intersection of Vine Street and Northwest 4th Street. Waterline work and storm sewer replacement work has been underway along Vine Street  since late February. Since the discovery of the remains, an archeologist has been hired to submit an excavation plan to the Department of Natural Resources. In the meantime, work will continue on other points of the project along Vine Street. Officials say the skeletal remains, were sent to the coroner to be examined. According to online records, the intersection is believed to be the original site of a historic cemetery known as the "Evansville Graveyard."

Coming up tomorrow, it’s the High School Boys Basketball Regional across the tri-state. This year, the IHSAA changed the regional format from two games to just one game. In the Class 4A Regional 7 Championship Game at Seymore High School, Reitz (19-6) will play Jennings County (23-2) at 3:00 PM. In the Class 3A Regional 16 Championship Game at Washington High School, Gibson Southern (13-12) will battle North Daviess (23-5) at 6:00 PM. Moving on to the Class 2A Regional 23 Championship Game at Southridge High School, Forest Park (9-17) plays Brownstown Central (22-4) at 3:00 PM. After that game at Southridge, Linton-Stockton (26-1) faces North Decatur (21-5) at 6:00 PM in the Class 2A Regional 24 Championship Game. Finishing up in the Class 1A Regional 31 Championship Game at Loogootee High School, Northeast Dubois (14-10) battles Loogootee (19-7) at 3:00 PM.

Sports: 

- Evansville Baseball (7-6) starts a 3-game series at Middle Tennessee today at 3:00 PM. 

- USI Baseball (5-7) looks to end a 4-game losing streak as they begin a 3-game series at home against Oakland University tonight at 6:00 PM. 

- In Men's College Basketball...from the Big 10 Tournament in Chicago earlier today #1 seed Purdue (27-5) survived against #9 seed Rutgers, 70-65. The Boilermakers move on to the semi-finals tomorrow. Later this evening at 8:00 PM, #3 seed IU (21-10) takes on #6 seed Maryland (21-11) at 8:00 PM. You can hear that game on 106.7 FM WMVI. Also tonight in the SEC Tournament down in Nashville...#3 seed UK (21-10) faces #6 seed Vanderbilt (19-13) at 8:30 PM.